So I'm creating a password for a gov.uk account. I'm not allowed to have any special characters in my password, letters and numbers only. Adding a special character fails validation and tells me that my password is not secure.

gov.uk is usually regarded as excellent on UX, so what's the deal here? Is there some logic to it?

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"This short video by Al Jazeera profiles an "anarchist-communist" bakery in Paris called Conquete du Pain, or The Conquest of Bread. As shown in the video, they are a self-managed establishment which pays everyone working there the same wage and is run by general…"

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